Leroy Robertson (December 21, 1896 – July 25, 1971) was an American composer and music educator. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
Robertson was born in Fountain Green, Utah. Fountain Green is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. One of his earliest insturctors was Anthony C. Lund. Anthony C Lund ( February 25, 1871 –1935 was the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1916 until [1] He studied violin, composition, and public school music at the New England Conservatory and in Europe. He received an MA degree from the University of Utah and a Ph.D from the University of Southern California. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large The University of Utah (referred to locally as ' The U' or ' the U of U') is a publicly funded Research university in Salt Lake "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly He was chairman of the music department at Brigham Young University from 1925 to 1948 and at the University of Utah from 1948 to 1962.
Robertson was instrumental in the promotion of the Utah Symphony and of classical music in Salt Lake City. The Utah Symphony Orchestra is a symphony Orchestra located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U
He is best known for his Oratorio from the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. The setting of the Lord's Prayer from that oratorio was recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and released as a 45 single on the flip side of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which hit the top 50 charts. The Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father or Pater noster, is probably the best-known Prayer in Christianity. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a 360 member all-volunteer Choir. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American abolitionist song written by Julia Ward Howe in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly
Amongst Robertson's works in the 1948 LDS hymnal was the music for "Up! Arose Thee, O Beautiful Zion", with words by Emily H. Woodmansee. Emily Hill Woodmansee ( March 24, 1836, at Warminster, Wiltshire, England. [2]
In the 1985 edition of the LDS hymnal there is one hymn with words by Robertson and eight hymns for which he wrote the music. This article is about the named book (hymnal specifically For general information about said church hymns see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns. "On This Day of Joy and Gladness" (hymn #64) has both words and music by Robertson, while "Let Earth's Inhabitants Rejoice" (hymn #53), ""Great King of Heaven" (hymn #63), "God of Our Fathers, Know of Old" (hymn #80), "I'm A Pilgrim, I'm A Stranger" (hymn #121), "Upon The Cross Of Calvary" (hymn #184), "We Love Thy House, Oh God" (hymn #247) and "Go Ye Messengers of Glory" (hymn #262) have music by Robertson.
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- http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Classpedia/Robertson.htm
- http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/display.php?table=jbms&id=195
- http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/may00/robertson.htm
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